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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Ishimaru, Yokkaichi, JP;
Shinji Mori, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuhiro Matsuo, Kuwana, JP;
Keiichi Sawa, Yokkaichi, JP;
Akifumi Gawase, Kuwana, JP;
Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first metallic region provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of indium (In), gallium (Ga), zinc (Zn), aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), titanium (Ti), tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo), and tin (Sn), a second metallic region provided between the first metallic region and the second electrode and includes the at least one metallic element, a semiconductor region provided between the first metallic region and the second metallic region and includes the at least one metallic element and oxygen (O), an insulating region provided between the first metallic region and the second metallic region and is surrounded by the semiconductor region, a gate electrode surrounding the semiconductor region, and a gate insulating layer provided between the semiconductor region and the gate electrode.